基督是父，作神子民的源头和供应者
以利亚敬（豫表基督）必成为耶路撒冷居民和犹大家的父。基督是我们的父。作为父，祂是我们的源头和供应者。我们作神的儿女越往前，就越看见我们的救主基督是我们的源头和供应者。一切都是从祂而来。祂在身体上、心理上、属灵上，每一面都供应我们，支持我们。我们若缺少聪明智慧，我们应当呼求祂、仰望祂、并且等候祂; 然后祂会成为我们的聪明智慧。对于一些情形和一些人，我们不该信靠自己的聪明智慧。我们应当凡事仰望基督，使祂能成为我们的聪明和智慧。今天基督是父，作源头和供应者，在凡事上，在每一面都支持我们。
基督是肩头上放着神家钥匙的那一位
以利亚敬所豫表包罗万有的基督，也是肩头上放着神家（由为着建造神国的大卫家所豫表）之（宝库的）钥匙的那一位（赛二二22，启三7）。大卫的家是为着建立大卫的国; 神的家是为着建立神的国。撒下七章十六节指明，大卫的家是为着他的国。今天神的家乃是为着神的国。教会就是神的家（提前三15），教会也是神的国（太十六18～19，罗十四17）。
基督有一把大钥匙，可以打开祂一切丰富的宝库。祂开了宝库，就没有人能关。祂关了宝库，就没有人能开。基督是那能向我们打开具体化身在祂里面之神所有丰富的一位。祂也能把通往这些丰富的门关起来。有时候我们经历到神的宝藏向我们打开，涌进我们里面。但有的时候我们可能作了甚么事得罪主，我们就感觉门关上了，临到我们的丰富停止了。祂的开启和关闭都是为了一件事－享受祂的丰富作宝藏。
我信以赛亚二十二章二十二节直接的应用乃是这样的: 基督有支配神宝库之门的钥匙，在这宝库中有神在基督里的丰富，作我们的享受。我们经历到祂将这些丰富向我们打开，也经历到祂将这些丰富向我们关闭。当祂关闭这些丰富时，我们就感觉枯干，或感觉里面若有所失。我们的经历指明，基督是拿着打开祂一切丰富之钥匙的那一位。
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Christ Is Father Whose Shoulder the Key of the House of God Is Set – Isa. 22:21-22
Eliakim, typifying Christ, will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Christ is a Father to us. As the Father, he is our Source and Supplier. The more we go on as children of God, the more we realize that our Savior, Christ, is our Source and our Supplier. Everything comes from him. He supplies us and supports us physically, psychologically and spiritually in every way. If we are short of understanding and wisdom, we should call on him, look to him and wait on him. Then he will be our understanding and wisdom. We should not be confident in our own understanding and wisdom concerning certain situations or people. We should look to Christ in everything so that he can be our understanding and wisdom. Today Christ is a Father as the Source and Supplier to support us in everything and in every way.
The One Upon Whose Shoulder the Key of the House of God Is Set
The all-inclusive Christ, as typified by Eliakim, is also the One upon whose shoulder the key of (the treasury of) the house of God (typified by the house of David for the building up of the kingdom of God) is set (Isa. 22:22; Rev. 3:7). The house of David was for the establishment of the kingdom of David, and the house of God is for the establishment of the kingdom of God. Second Samuel 7:16 indicates that David’s house was for his kingdom. Today God’s house is for God’s kingdom. The church is God’s house (1 Tim. 3:15), and the church is also the kingdom of God (Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17).
Christ has a big key to open the treasury of all his riches. When he opens the treasury, no one will shut. When he shuts the treasury, no one will open. Christ is the One who can open up to us all the riches of God embodied in him. He can also shut the door to these riches. Sometimes we experience the door of the divine treasures being open to us to flood into us. But at other times we may do something to offend the Lord. Then we have the sensation that the door is shut and that the riches coming to us are stopped. His opening and his shutting are all for one thing – the enjoyment of his riches as the treasure.
I believe the direct application of Isaiah 22:22 is this – Christ has the key to control the door of God’s treasury, in which are the riches of God in Christ for our enjoyment. We have experienced both his opening of these riches to us and his shutting up of these riches. When he shuts up these riches, we have the feeling of being dried up or inwardly deprived. Our experience indicates that Christ is the One who has the key to all of his riches.